The Seven Principles of Poetry

accent Alfred Noyes alliteration amphibrach aspect assonance basic beat beauty beginning Blank Verse brain cadence caesura called chapter connotations consonants Content couplet dissonance effect Elinor Wylie emotional emphasis example expression extension externalization feel foot Free Verse give hear iambic pentameter imagery Imagination inner Form Inspiration interpretation Intuition less letter light line-length lines listen Lyric meaning mental meter metrical feet metrical stress mind never night oblique rime obvious onomatopoeia pause perfect Petrarchian phrase poem poem's poet poet's poetic experience poetic rhythm possible Principles of Poetry pulsation quatrain quoted reader refrain repetition rhythmic rime pattern seems sense sestet Shakespeare Shakespearian shape shows single skeleton song sonnet sonnet form sound speech sprung rhythm stanza pattern subject matter substance subtle syllables technique theme things thou thought tion translation variations vibrations vowel W. H. Auden William Rose Benét wind writing written